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fix: improve TinyTeX installation script #87

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32 changes: 14 additions & 18 deletions .github/.devcontainer/tinytex/install.sh
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Expand Up @@ -54,34 +54,30 @@ install_tinytex() {
check_packages libfontconfig
# su "${USERNAME}" -c 'quarto install tinytex --quiet'
check_packages curl ca-certificates
export TINYTEX_DIR="/opt/tinytex"
mkdir -p "${TINYTEX_DIR}"
curl -sL "https://yihui.org/tinytex/install-bin-unix.sh" | sh
curl -sL "https://yihui.org/tinytex/install-bin-unix.sh" | sh -s - --admin --no-path
TINYTEX_OPT="/opt/tinytex"
mv /root/.TinyTeX "${TINYTEX_OPT}"
TINYTEX_INSTALL_DIR="${TINYTEX_OPT}/bin/$(uname -m)-linux"
"${TINYTEX_INSTALL_DIR}/tlmgr" option sys_bin /usr/local/bin
"${TINYTEX_INSTALL_DIR}/tlmgr" path add
echo "TinyTeX installation complete."

# Create tinytex group and add users to it
groupadd -f tinytex
usermod -a -G tinytex root
if [ "${USERNAME}" != "root" ]; then
usermod -a -G tinytex "${USERNAME}"
fi

# Set group ownership and permissions
chgrp -R tinytex "${TINYTEX_DIR}/.TinyTeX"
chmod -R 775 "${TINYTEX_DIR}/.TinyTeX"

# Add TinyTeX binaries to PATH for all users via /etc/profile.d/
# Set TEXMFVAR and TEXMFCONFIG for all users
(
echo "export PATH=\"${TINYTEX_DIR}/.TinyTeX/bin/$(uname -m)-linux:\${PATH}\""
echo "export TEXMFVAR=\"\${HOME}/.TinyTeX/texmf-var\""
echo "export TEXMFCONFIG=\"\${HOME}/.TinyTeX/texmf-config\""
) > /etc/profile.d/tinytex.sh
chgrp -R tinytex "${TINYTEX_OPT}"
chmod -R 775 "${TINYTEX_OPT}"

# Set environment variables system-wide for TinyTeX
echo "export TEXLIVE_USE_USERMODE=1" > /etc/profile.d/tinytex.sh
chmod 644 /etc/profile.d/tinytex.sh

# mkdir -p "/home/${USERNAME}/.TinyTeX/texmf-config/web2c" "/home/${USERNAME}/.TinyTeX/texmf-var"
# chown -R "${USERNAME}:${USERNAME}" "/home/${USERNAME}/.TinyTeX"
# echo "TEXMFVAR = /home/${USERNAME}/.TinyTeX/texmf-var" > "/home/${USERNAME}/.TinyTeX/texmf-config/web2c/texmf.cnf"
# Initialise user tree for tlmgr in the non-root user's home directory
su "${USERNAME}" -c "tlmgr init-usertree"
}

install_tinytex
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